How dynamic are you?
What we used to think of as ‘contingency planning’ is now just planning, says Patrick Towell. That is what it means to…
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Heritage sector ‘confident about future’
Survey finds positivity among organisations across Britain and confidence to weather possible future waves of Covid-19.
‘No clear reason’ why people don’t access digital arts
Most people struggle to identify a specific reason why they don’t engage with arts online, a government survey has found. Th…
E-marketing in the time of GDPR
Charlie Morley unpicks how the legislation introduced to protect customer data has had unintended consequences for staying in touc…
Performers need protections from AI abuse
Performers are increasingly losing their jobs, faces and voices to artificial intelligence, a new report claims. What can be done…
NPOs’ carbon emissions plummeted during lockdown
Some organisations found more time to plan and solidify environmental commitments, while others used more electricity and gas duri…
ACE seeks audience data system provider
Arts Council England is offering £1.6m for a new system for National Portfolio Organisations to submit audience data. A cont…
NPO timeline revised over funding delay
Delays in agreeing a settlement with DCMS have pushed back the application dates as ACE shares its expectations for the new portfo…
Employment in culture outstrips pre-pandemic levels
Employment in the cultural industries has continued to grow despite the pandemic, official figures suggest New data from DCMS cove…
ACE to mandate social class reporting on audiences
The Culture Secretary has asked the Arts Council to collect the data and consider NPOs' "track record" when they app…
Purple Seven acquired by TRG Arts
The arts data companies' partnership during Covid-19 has evolved into a union that aims to "accelerate" results for…
EU scheme offers artists grants to explore misinformation
UK artists can apply for up to €40,000 for projects exploring misnformation, data, technology and social media. The EU-f…
Distanced performances ‘crucial’ over winter
Venues face a choice between offering lower capacity events or losing up to a third of their audiences, surveys suggest.
One fifth of NPOs fail to report environmental data
Exemptions are available, but four times as many organisations fail to report without one.
Climate change needs more than lip service
There are better ways for the arts sector and its funders to tackle the climate crisis than slipshod data collection.
Data are cultural: what does that mean for understanding well-being?
For thousands of years philosophers have asked: ‘What makes for the good society?’, or ‘the good life?’ Su…
How useful are pre-pandemic datasets?
Lockdowns, venue closures, cancelled and postponed events – the era of Coronavirus has created an 18-month crevasse in our d…
NPOs report decrease in carbon emissions
Funded arts organisations demonstrate “flourishing” sustainable practices and falling emissions, despite a drop in rep…
Let’s create austerity
It’s been over a year since Arts Council England published its 10-year strategy, Let’s Create. Bethany Rex has be…
A step change in cultural partnerships with Higher Education
The moment for information and peer support to develop partnerships has never been more timely. Evelyn Wilson has established a ne…
Can you do more together than alone?
The Audience Agency shares its experience of the pains and gains of collaboration and partnership working.
Reworking what you already have is the opposite of innovation
Covid-19 has proved that what worked back then won’t work now. Patrick Towell says true innovation requires attention,…
Calculating cultural value: Regional museums worth £6.16 per visit
Arts Council England says its calculations of regional museums' value are transferrable "in principle" and can…
In defence of AI in art
Anthony Padgett says artificial intelligence has a role in selecting, curating and even creating art, but the sector must define t…
